WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? What is a Barometer? A. a weather instrument* B. a math word C. a new type of P.E. game D. a type of gumball machine.

WHO WANTS TO BE A

MILLIONAIRE?

What is a Barometer?

A. a weather instrument*

B. a math word

C. a new type of P.E. game

D. a type of gumball machine

A prediction about the weather is call a weather...

A. Observation

B. Gauge

C. Forecast*

D. Fortune

Moving air is called?

A. Fog

B. Evaporation

C. Wind*

D. Condensation

Cirrus, stratus, and cumulus are all types of ...

A. Storms

B. Clouds*

C. Barometers

D. Thermometers

A person who studies the weather is called...

A. Forecaster

B. Fortune teller

C. meteorologist*

D. Geologist

Sleet, rain, hail, and snow are all kinds of …..A. Condensation

B. Evaporation

C. Precipitation*

D. Temperature

What type of cloud is close to the ground?

A. Cumulus

B. Nimbostratus

C. Altostratus

D. Cirrostratus

What kind of front brings dropping temperatures and

heavy rains?A. Warm Front

B. Cold Front

C. Occluded Front

D. Stationary Front

How do weather and climate differ?A. Climate is always changing daily, weather is over a long period of time.

B. Weather is only on a 5 and 10 at night, climate is the rest of the time.

C. Weather can change from hour to hour, climate is a general pattern of the air over a long period of time.*

D. Climate can change from hour to hour, weather is a general pattern of the air over a long period of time.

Around what three kinds of particles does water vapor condense when cooled?

A. dust, stratus, rain

B. Salt crystals, dust, smoke*

C. Sand, wind, cold

D. Grass, trees, buildings

What air mass is moist and warm on a southerly wind?A. Continental Maritime

B. Maritime Tropical*

C. Continental Tropical

D. Maritime Polar

Which air mass is dry and cold brought by Northwest winds?

A. Continental Polar

B. Maritime Continental

C. Continental Tropical

D. Maritime Polar **

List these clouds from highest to lowest

A. Cumulus, cirrus, stratus

B. Nimbostratus, altocumulus, cirrus

C. Cirrus, stratus, cumulus

D. Cirrus, cumulus, stratus*

What did people use to predict weather before weather instruments?A. The evening news

B. A barometer

C. Polar air masses

D. Old sayings*

What is a line or boundary that separates air masses?

A. Cold mass

B. Water Cycle

C. vapor

D. Front*

When the barometer raises what kind of weather do we have?A. fair weather*

B. stormy weather

C. fog

D. snow

A changing barometer is the best way to predict a change in the….

A. clouds

B. time

C. weather*D. meteorologist

Which of the following is not a weather instrument?

A. Barometer

B. Anemometer

C. Pyranometer

D. Meteorologist*

What weather instrument are most useful to weather forecasters today?A. Old sayings

B. arthritis in your knee

C. Doppler radar*

D. cloud formations

What does a barometer measure?

A. Temperature

B. Air pressure*

C. Cloud mass

D. Wind speed

Which describes an Air MassA. Has almost the same temperature thoughout

B. Causes changes in the weather

C. Masses of air moving slowing across the earth

D. All of the above*

Wind that affect a small area are called

A. Fronts

B. Local winds*

C. Air pressure

D. Continental winds

Heat or warm air

A. Raises*

B. Settles between cities

C. Always goes down

D. None of the above

Cooling moisture in the air forms around smoke and dust forming

A. Wind patterns

B. Dew

C. A cloud*

D. Tornadoes ****

What does a anemometer measure?

A. Wind speed*

B. Air pressure

C. Temperature

D. The sun’s rays

What percent of the sun’s rays are reflected

by the surface of the earth?

A. 50% C. 25%

B. 20% D. 5%*

A Land breeze occurs whenA. The land is warm and the water is cooler

B. The land is cool and the water is warm*

C. The land and the water temperature are the same

D. The barometer readings are just right

An area near the equator without wind is called

A. Polar Easterlies

B. Doldrums*

C. Prevailing Winds

D. Equator calms

Condensation, Evaporation, and Precipitation are all part of

A. Air Masses and cold fronts

B. The water cycle*

C. Continental Maritime Masses

D. Cloud descriptions

A sea breeze occurs whenA. The warm air rises over the land

B. The water is cooler than the land

C. Cool air rushes in off the water to land

D. All of the above *****

What does a pyranometer measure?

A. wind

B. Air pressure

C. Extreme temperature*

D. Solar radiation

Another word for precipitation

A. Evaporation

B. Clouds

C. Prevailing winds

D. Rain*

What is fog?A. A low cloud

B. Water vapor in the air

C. Condensed droplets of water

D. All of the above*

Water enters the air through

A. Evaporation*

B. Condensation

C. Air pressure

D. Sea Breezes

White fluffy cloud that looks like cottonballs

A. Cirrus

B. Cumulus*

C. Stratus

D. Fog

A cloud with nimbus in its name will...A. Produce precipitation

B. Last long

C. Were named after a Greek god

D. All of the above*